Discourse and Genre: Using Language in Context

by Stephen Bax

This accessible guide to discourse employs an innovative, inductive approach, with a clear focus on genre that allows students to examine language in context. Using real texts, students are shown how each dimension of discourse links together and are offered practical guidance on how to carry out a discourse analysis project.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 2011

Reviews

[Jacquelyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very repetitive

[Nathan Nicolau · Rating 4 out of 5]

Opinionated and a bit repetitive, but an easy-to-read textbook on genres and how we can analyze them. It was useful for doing my genre analysis.